Hey Folks!

If you were at MAGFest in Maryland,

THANK YOU!

Vincent and I had a really great time out here, and It was a joy to meet other indie arcade developers. Thank you for coming out and playing Vestigial.

What Is MAGFest

Super MAGFest is a music and games event in National Harbor, MD. It hosts shows, games of all various natures, speakers, and many more things. We are proud to display Vestigial at the Indie Arcade In MAGFest.

Where We’ll be:

You can find us around the event! We will be in the “Indie Arcade” which is located behind MIVS in the Atrium.

On Static Websites-

I wanted to write something about my experience making websites and using a static website generator.

I wasn’t a web developer- but I had just finished Vestigial, and I needed some way to show it. As of writing this, it’s 2 years into the Covid-19 Pandemic, and I have made an arcade game for a non-existent audience. Rats.

Publishing the game became less about a product, and more about a work of art and a demonstration of my skills- a tangible resume. I felt the need to have a way to show it off which was something I had been thinking of. I was also frustrated with the way that online portfolios operated. way to bloated, ad tracking that i abhor, and quite frankly- pretty expensive given what my limited needs for them were.

Vesitigal In Restrospect: A Post-Mortem.

Part 1: Initial Prototyping.

I recently finished my game Vestigial after 3 years of labor, love, and sweat. When I started Vestigial, I had had the goal of making a marketable product, a unique and new arcade experience. In 2019 I had thought that market did in fact exist and that it was the right time to try for a couple reasons: